SNL Cold Open Parody of Donald Trump Digital Trading Card NFT Video – The Hollywood Reporter
Saturday Night Live 17th edition by parodying Donald Trump’s video announcement earlier this week that he is selling NFTs, or what he calls “Trump Digital Trading Cards”.
In an announcement video earlier this week, Trump described the NFTs, which sell for $99 and are said to have sold out on the first day, as “tied to my life and career.” . They portray Trump as an astronaut, cowboy, race car driver and superhero.
Starting Saturday SNLTrump, played by James Austin Johnson, begins by addressing the news and quotes from the actual video.
“This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington,” Johnson said as Trump said, quoting directly from the real video, adding “to be honest, good. than Ezra,” a reference to the rock band alternative that had its heyday in the ’90s.
“As you may have seen this week, I made an important announcement, I am making my first official collection of Donald J. Trump Digital Trading Cards — or to use the term. technical, ‘changes’… because they’re so neat,” he says, mispronouncing NFTs.
“Trump cards cost $99. It seems like a lot, it seems like a scam, and in many ways it is,” he said, adding, “You can also get them for free by going online and looking at them. .”
He continued: “You know I’m a cowboy, or I melt Biden’s ice cream with my big laser eyes,” alluding to Trump’s actual opening video showing lasers emanating from his eyes. him as a superhero.
SNL continues to mock the cards by showing Trump in a variety of situations, from the iconic bullet dodge scene in Matrix to him breaking up to dress up as Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Rabbit Roger. “Wow, look at her legs. I would probably date her if she weren’t me,” he said.
SNLTrump went on to introduce his “least embarrassing third child,” Donald Trump Jr. (Mikey Day), who blew up the cards along with his fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle’s new Christmas CD (played by Cecily Strong in The Last SNL episode). She appeared to announce that the album is called NOW It’s what no one calls music, before singing a digression from “Silent Night, Holy Night.”
They then left the stage, with Trump saying: “They’re gone. What a terrible couple.
The segment ends with Trump sharing his own Christmas list. “Merry Christmas, okay? We’re all saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again, aren’t we? I brought it back. Because Christmas is so important for Christians and I think for Jews too,” he said.
Later in the episode, “Weekend Update” co-host Colin Jost joked about Trump: “What a funny move to get into the NFT after the whole market crashed. It’s like going into Kanye The current.”
Saturday nights SNL Featured host Austin Butler and musical guest Lizzo. It was also revealed that Megan Thee Stallion will appear on the January 7 episode, after SNL back from its hiatus winter break.
Update 10:56 pm on December 17: Added Colin Jost’s “Weekend Update” quote and Megan Thee Stallion appearance on January 7.
